03415nam 2200637 a 450 991078990810332120230801223122.01-62895-109-51-60917-343-0(CKB)2670000000185579(EBL)1810068(SSID)ssj0000647490(PQKBManifestationID)11399030(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000647490(PQKBWorkID)10594091(PQKB)10487795(MiAaPQ)EBC3338255(OCoLC)794491323(MdBmJHUP)muse19577(Au-PeEL)EBL3338255(CaPaEBR)ebr10554588(EXLCZ)99267000000018557920111115d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRoom 306[electronic resource] the national story of the Lorraine Motel /Ben KaminEast Lansing Michigan State University Press20121 online resource (202 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-61186-049-0 Includes bibliographical references.Introduction: The Motel at Mulberry and Main -- pt. 1. The History -- The King-Abernathy Suite : Billy Kyles -- Lawyer at the Lorraine : Lucius Burch -- Lover at the Lorraine : Georgia Davis Powers -- Mighty Reverend at the Lorraine : James Lawson -- pt. 2. The Transition -- Breaking the Barriers : Maxine Smith -- Saving the Lorraine, Losing the Mantle : Judge D'Army Bailey -- Endowing the Lorraine : J.R. "Pitt" Hyde -- The Lorraine Photographer : Ernest C. Withers -- pt. 3. The Rebirth -- It's a Magical Place : Julian Bond -- Filming the Lorraine : Lillian Benson -- Managing the Museum at the Lorraine : Beverly Robertson -- Producing The Witness at the Lorraine : Margaret Hyde -- Room 306 and Today's Young Artists : Craig Alan Edwards and Katori Hall -- They Got It Done : Clayborne Carson -- Afterword: The Rain Are Fallin. A tragic landmark in the civil rights movement, the Lorraine Motel in Memphis is best known for what occurred there on April 4, 1968. As he stood on the balcony of Room 306, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, ending a golden age of nonviolent resistance, and sparking riots in more than one hundred cities. Formerly a seedy, segregated motel, and prior to that a brothel, the motel quickly achieved the status of national shrine. The motel attracts a variety of pilgrims-white politicians seeking photo ops, aging civil rights leaders, New Age musicians, and visitors to its current incarnAfrican American civil rights workersBiographyAfrican AmericansTennesseeMemphisBiographyHistoric hotelsTennesseeMemphisAfrican AmericansMuseumsTennesseeMemphisMemphis (Tenn.)BiographyMemphis (Tenn.)Buildings, structures, etcMemphis (Tenn.)HistoryAfrican American civil rights workersAfrican AmericansHistoric hotelsAfrican AmericansMuseums910.4609768/19Kamin Ben1495600MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910789908103321Room 3063722332UNINA